It's always fantastic seeing all your observations across the Lake Mac City area. Please join in the Great Southern Bioblitz project taking place across the Southern Hemisphere from 20-23 September 2024. Remember your records acn be day or night observations on land or water.
If possible with plants please provide a couple of images to assist with identification
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We hope you are all getting excited for the Great Southern Bioblitz!

There is now less that 10 days to go. Please be sure to share our project within your networks so we can get as many people as possible involved in this event!

If you would like to put up a poster in your local area, email us via wildlife@latrobe.edu.au and we can forward you one to print out.

If you haven't seen our event line ...

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Please see

https://explorebioedge.com/2013/05/04/new-pelvic-thrusts-in-a-fishy-world/

https://explorebioedge.com/2014/12/17/new-pelvic-thrusts-in-a-fishy-world-2/

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Today was a really nice day out and I wanted to get outside so I decided to harvest this beautiful plant. I have only ever known it by its Inupiaq name which is ayuu but it also has a Lingit name which is s’ikshaldeen. I have also heard it be called Hudson Bay tea or Labrador tea. I found it on the path behind housing here in Juneau.

This plant has dark green colored leathery, narrow leaves that tuck under at the edges. It also has dense orangish- brown hairs on the underside of...

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Trying to find the cicada in the tree to make a decent observation has always been non-productive. I know it's there but we play hide and seek around the branch. I finally realized that I should record the cicada - count how many seconds before it starts singing again - and then playback my recording just a second or two before the cicada starts to sing another stanza. It will immediately crawl to the tip of the branch it's on to challenge the newcomer in plain sight! Photo challe...

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Registros de avifauna.

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Currently subjects are anesthetized in 5% iso alcohol solution until unresponsive, euthanized in 91% iso alcohol, then dissected and photographed in water. Reproductive systems are preserved in ~80% iso alcohol after photographing.

Resources I'm using:

• GENITAL MORPHOLOGY DIFFERENTIATES THREE
  SUBSPECIES OF THE TERRESTRIAL SLUG ARION ATER
  (LI...

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@jeremygilmore @ludwig_muller @ptexis @tonyrebelo

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From a distance it looks like spray paint, but up close it's a sculpture garden. Definitely one of my favorite lichens, even if it is common. On the trees in my neighborhood, it lives side by side comfortably with a dark green moss I haven't identified yet. The moss is in the upper right of the picture. Any guesses? What is the relationship here, that they grow side by side so often? Or do they both just thrive in the same environment?

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Our September field trip on Saturday 7th combined walks around the Bird Paddock and the Orchid Block at Clarkesdale sanctuary with some iNaturalist instruction.

See the bumper crop of observations made on the day by clicking on this link.

Thanks to Emily for leading our walks,...

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Gas stations are teeming with biodiversity! This project is to document organisms at gas stations.
Please join my project and start adding observations!

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Gas stations are teeming with biodiversity! This project is to document organisms at gas stations.
Please join and start adding observations!

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If you want to see all of the agencies participating in this year's 2024 BioBlitz through the National Recreation and Park Association, click the link below:

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2024

Then, scroll down to see the various # of observations and then scroll some more to see how Belfast is doing compared to other projects. Please remembe...

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Our Observation of the Week is this remarkable scene captured in India by @sant...

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1. Hoe het gaat met het Nederlandse bos - uitkomsten van de 7e Nederlandse Bosinventarisatie
   
   Het Nederlandse bos wordt steeds gemengder en gevarieerder. Voor het eerst sinds de metingen 80 jaar geleden begonnen, zijn er bijvoorbeeld meer loofbomen dan naaldbomen waargenomen. Deze variatie in soorten is goed voor de biodiversiteit en maakt het bos beter bestand tegen klimaatverandering en ziektes. Dat is nodig, want de effecten van de droge zomers en essentaksterfte zijn duid...

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I am pretty sure the most species on my yard were photographed on flowers in bloom but this project will determine this with numerical certainty! I am adding this to my microhabitat projects so I can see what categories of invertebrates are associated with which parts of my rewilded yard! as my goal has been to maximize the biodiversity in a house yard to its fullest.

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Adjunto algunos de los árboles observados el 31 de agosto de 2024 en el laboratorio de la clase de Silvicultura.

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[in English]
For the week ending 8 September, 2024 there were 99 observations of

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Great to see some Nature Garden observations here! Keep them coming. :) Even though it is hot, there are lots of interesting native pollinators and other inverts (and vertebrates) living in and visiting the Gardens. It is a surprisingly wonderful place to learn more about Southern California biodiversity.

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Thank you everyone who hiked with us and added observations to this project! Please also join the statewide project so your observations can be twice as impactful! https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ca-biodiversity-week-challenge-2024-find-30-species

Keep the biodiversity celebration going by joining more events through the 15th and circle back to the i...

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1. https://www.rotterdamdeboerop.nl/lunchlezing/online-lunchlezing-16-9-anthonie-stip-van-de-vlinderstichting-en-agro-ecoloog-ben-koks-over-de-win-win-van-landbouwtechnieken-en-biodiversiteit/
   Niet lullen, maar poetsen. Akkervogeldeskundige Ben Koks wil ...

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The Impact: Why Backyard Birding Matters

1. Environmental Education: By participating in the Backyard Birding movement, students and community members will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of biodiversity and the delicate balance of ecosystems. This hands-on experience will foster a love for nature and instill a sense of responsibility for its protection.
2. Conservation Awareness: The Backyard Birding movement will raise awareness about the threats facing...

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This week’s featured observation is a Northern harrier and a rather unlucky Semipalmated plover, observed by @jd1108 in Cape Breton, NS.

Northern harriers are birds of prey found across most of Canada during the breeding season. In...

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Registros de Flora.

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Registros de fauna y flora.

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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=59647

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The weather has been fine and sunny for the start of the Echidna Count week, windy on the first day.

There have been two sightings of echidnas recorded in the project so far, both in the western side of the valley.

Some interesting facts about echidnas from the leading echidna researcher Dr Peggy Rismiller:

• A female echidna usually becomes sexually mature (ie produces her first young) at five to seven years of age, but may be as old as 12 before reproducin...

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As I was going from work today it was slightly raining. I chose to not take a bus and instead go by foot. It turned out to be an awesome decision. As I passed the city center I noticed a lot of moths sitting on window ledges and on the walls. I think they all landed there to not get wet. Absolute majority of them were cotton bollworms (or at least I hope, I might have not ID'd some of them correctly) then there were some single specimens of various other species. I felt so happy going fr...

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How to photograph wild roses so that the species can be identified:

• It’s important to get a picture of the entire plant. Is it erect or decumbent? Bushy, sprawling, climbing?
• Take a close-up photo of the stem. Are the prickles thin and straight or stout and curved? Many or few? Are the prickles hooked at the tip?
• Take a close-up side view of the fruit, including the pedicel. Is the fruit smooth or prickly? Glandular or not? Is the pedicel smooth or prickly? ...

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